World Osteoporosis Day Celebrations in Russia in 2014

Using all IOF
recommendations for WOD celebrations, Russian Association on Osteoporosis (RAOP)
developed directions and
recommendations for all Russian osteoporosis centers with the focus on "Osteoporosis in Men"
and the slogan - "Healthy bones make a strong man." A competition for
the best poster was held all over Russia and the bestthree posters inthree age groups were
chosen.

The year
2014 was a record year for the number of innovations in the organization of
events. Osteoporosis centers participated in the following public sports events: Nordic Walking Festival in St.
Petersburg, the Run "Golden Ring- 2014", a competition “ A healthy and
strong man is the support of the family"among family teams in Yaroslavl and a race "Our fathers
are the strongest"in Yakutsk. In Cheboksary people enjoyed "Exercises
with a star," which were conducted by Olimpiada
Ivanova, World and European champion
in race walking, silver medalist of the XVIII Olympic Games, Honored Master of
Sports of Russia.

Workshops on healthy cooking were part of WOD
celebrations in many cities. Delicious fish dishes were cookedin Yakutsk, dairy desserts- in St. Petersburg .
"Dairy festivals" were held in Ivanovo, Arkhangelsk, Rostov-on-Don
and other cities of Russia. Students, school children and the kindergartenkids were involvedin sports activities .The family members of the patient
society “OSTEORUS " competed in Yaroslavl.

Children
in some Russian cities enjoyed
participating in the drawing competition "My father is the strongest".
The best drawings will be used in a 2016
calendar. The events took place in
sports centers, fitness grounds and stadiums.

All-Russia Roundtable “Attention :Osteoporosis. Don’t Step Back and
Don’t Give Up” was held in St. Petersburg. An Olympic figure skating champion Elena Berezhnaya
and a famous circus performer Nikolai Balashov participated in it. Thirty-five central mass media representatives were
present.

In Moscow a”
Special Day on Prevention of Osteoporosis” was sponsored by the Center of
prevention of osteoporosis (Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation) on
the basis of the Scientific Research Institute of Rheumatology named after V.A.
Nasonova and All-Russia non-profit organization of disabled people .

Yaroslavl
hosted an inter-regional scientific conference for specialists “Healthy Male Longevity”.
A students’ scientific conference “Osteoporosis is a silent epidemic” and a
scientific conference for health specialists “Common pathways and clinical crossroads”took place in
Yakutsk .The focus on men was made in the WOD celebrations in Cheboksary .A
roundtable for the employees of ”Gazprom” “ Healthy Lifestyle of workers is
important for the enterprise! " was a significant event in Surgut.

All IOF printer
matter on osteoporosis
in men, including brochures, Report, flyers and

One-Minute Osteoporosis Risk Test were translated into
Russian, published and successfully used in organizing WOD activities all over
Russia. The newspaper "Caution, osteoporosis!" and the magazine
"The Academy of Health." were also published for WOD celebrations . The
WOD events were broadly covered in
newspapers and TV programs all over the country. A lot of information was also
posted in social networks. The history of a patient
from Cheboksary and announcements of events were posted on the
site of IOF. T-shirts with the symbol of
WOD -2014 were produced and distributed to the participants of different
events. In WOD celebrations 2014 the focus
was made on participation of men and families in all activities and on prevention
and treatment of osteoporosis .